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Hydroelectric Dams
| HYDROELECTRIC DAMS are built on rivers in rainforests to provide ELECTRICITY. Once the dam is built, a large area of rainforest has to be flooded by the reservoir of water behind the dam. The people who live there have to be moved. | |
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In Brazil there have been large demonstrations by the tribal rainforest people against plans for building dams in the rainforest. This has resulted in some of the dams not being built.
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Read more about each threat to the rainforest by clicking on the links to the right, or click here to find out about minerals and oil. |
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